NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING IN REGARD TO A REZONING ON PROPERTY IN UNINCORPORATED CHAMPAIGN COUNTY, A SPECIAL USE PERMIT, AND A VARIANCE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE.

Joyce Hudson, 1341 CR 1800 E, Urbana, d.b.a. Hudson Farm Weddings and Events LLC, has filed a petition for a Zoning Map Amendment, a Special Use Permit, and a Variance from the provisions of the Champaign County Zoning Ordinance on property in unincorporated Champaign County. The petitions are on file in the office of the Champaign County Department of Planning and Zoning, 1776 East Washington Street, Urbana, IL.

A public hearing will be held Thursday, April 16, at 7:00 p.m. prevailing time in the Lyle Shields Meeting Room, Brookens Administrative Center, 1776 East Washington Street, Urbana, IL, at which time and place the Champaign County Zoning Board of Appeals will consider petitions for the following:

CASE 799-AM-15

Amend the Zoning Map to change the zoning district designation from the AG-1 Agriculture Zoning District to the AG-2 Agriculture Zoning District in order to operate the proposed Special Use in related Zoning Case 800-S-15 and subject to the requested variance in related zoning case 801-V-15, on the subject property described below.

CASE 800-S-15

Part A. Authorize the remodeling of existing farm buildings for the establishment and use of an Event Center as a combination “Private Indoor Recreational Development” and “Outdoor Commercial Recreational Enterprise” as a Special Use on land that is proposed to be rezoned to the AG-2 Agriculture Zoning District from the current AG-1 Agriculture Zoning District in related zoning case 799-AM-15 and subject to the requested variance in related zoning case 801-V-15, on the subject property described below.

Part B. Authorize the following waiver to the standard conditions of the “Outdoor Commercial Recreational Enterprise” special use as per Section 6.1.3 of the Zoning Ordinance: A separation distance of 50 feet in lieu of the required 200 feet between any Outdoor Commercial Recreational Enterprise and any adjacent residential structure and/or use.

CASE 801-V-15

A variance from Section 7.1.2.E.4.c.(1) of the Zoning Ordinance that requires onsite parking to allow off-premises parking on the shoulder of County Road 1800 East during special events held at the proposed Private Indoor Recreational Facility that is also the subject of related cases 799-AM-15 and 800-S-15, on the subject property described below.

SUBJECT PROPERTY

A 3.67 acre tract in Urbana Township in the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 25 of Township 19N, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian and commonly known as the farmstead located at 1341 CR 1800 E, Urbana.

All persons interested are invited to attend said hearing and be heard. The hearing may be continued and reconvened at a later time.